Shot-case



(No Model.)

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SHOT CASE.

Patented Jan. 31882.

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t UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES O. HENDERSON OF ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS.

SHOT-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,880, dated January 3, 1882.

` Application filed May es, 1881. (No model.)

`roussi/.es iu such a manner that it can be dispensed very easily and without any waste.

My invention consists in a shot-oasethat is divided by a series of partitions into a number ofcompartments, each compartment being provided ith a sample-recess upon its opposite sides and having glass fronts, in combination with pivoted valves, springs, and supportingrails, aswill be more fully described hereinafter.

-In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation offmy improved shot-case. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same.. Fig. 3 is a crosssectonal elevation ot' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

The longitudinal box A is subdivided into .a a series of compartments, B B2 B3 B4, 85o., by

the transverse partitions O, and each compartment is provided with an independent lid, D.

The bottom E of each compartment is recessed and beveled toward an aperture, F, near the front ot' the compartment, so that the shot will slide down this beveled door and through the aperture F, which is closed by a gate,G,fpivoted to the under side of the box,

at or near the rear edge of the same. The

.gates are pressed against check-blocks or stops close the apertures F. The front ends of these pivotcd gates project beyond the front of the box, so that they can be seized conveniently. A rail, K, passes under all the gates Gr.

Each compartment is provided at the front and rear with recesses provided with glass fronts L, these recesses containing samples of the shot contained in the corresponding compartment.

As the compartment B contains the finest shot, its aperture Fis smaller than that of the other compartments, and the apertures F increase in size as the shot contained in the several compartments does. To draw shot from the compartments a scoop or other suitable vessel is held under the aperture of the compartment containing the desired kind of shot, and then the gate Gis pushed in the direction of the arrow a', so as to open the aperture and permit the shot to pass into the scoop. As soon as the gate is released thespring J forces it in the inverse direction of the arrow a', thereby closing the aperture F.

Havingthus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a shot-case, the box A, divided by a series of partitions into a number of compartments, each com partmentl' being provided with a sample-recess upon its opposite sides and having glass fronts L, and the bottoms of the compartments perforated and constructed as 

